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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Md Shahnoor Amin, Rochester, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 9/00 (2006.01); B60W 20/50 (2016.01); B60W 20/40 (2016.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/50 (2013.01); B60W 20/40 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); B60W 2420/00 (2013.01); B60W 2560/04 (2013.01); Y10S 903/902 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method comprises on board a hybrid vehicle and executed by a vehicle controller on board the hybrid vehicle, determining a pH based on a pH sensor positioned in a fuel system; and in response to a first condition comprising the pH being less than a first threshold pH, disabling an electric motor and propelling the hybrid vehicle with an engine. In this way, a risk of engine degradation due to fuel degradation can be reduced.